JEFFREY COLLINS, AIA
[email protected]
404-259-3334
754 Springlake Lane
Atlanta, GA 30318
www.jeffreycollinsarchitect.com
EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD student in Architecture with concentration in Design Computation
The Ohio State University, Master of Architecture, 2002
The Ohio State University, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Principal, Jeffrey Collins Architect, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009 to present
Senior Project Manager/Project Designer, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia, 20022009
Intern, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Studio Instructor, Second Year, Kennesaw State University, Spring 2015
Students designed a new rapid prototyping and fabrication center to be located in Atlanta’s
arts district.
Throughout the project, students worked with 3D printing and digital and
manual fabrication equipment to directly inform their design process and project proposal.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Auburn University, 2013-2014
Fourth Year Studio Instructor, Fall 2013-Spring 2014
Taking inspiration from the Affordable Healthcare Act, students designed an “urban
healthcare facility.” Students interpreted the premise that changes in the law would change
the manner that healthcare is administered so radically that it would necessitate change to
the building typology. Students from section received 1st place, 2nd place and two honorable
mentions in annual Alagasco competition among the 53 designs submitted.
Professional Practice Course Instructor, Spring 2014
Lecture course for fourth year students exploring elements of professional practice, including
evolution of the profession, administration, fee structure, marketing, and management.
Course also includes case studies facilitated in coordination with 15 architecture firms in the
southeast.
JEFFREY COLLINS, AIA
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Studio Instructor, First Year, Southern Polytechnic State University, Spring 2013
Using existing walls as “sites,” students researched and applied standard construction
assemblies and use of drawing conventions such as the section-axonometric. Course
included material investigation, exploitation of details and drawing techniques, and insertion
and design of wall penetration (door), transparency (window) and inhabitation (furniture).
Studio Instructor, Fifth Year Focus Studio, “Learning from Los Insectos: Biomimicry in Architecture”,
Southern Polytechnic State University, Fall 2012
Course explored biomimicry in architecture. Series of investigations in nature-inspired design
led students from exploration of nature’s designs and processes, translation into
architectural concepts, and deployment to building forms which blur architecture with
landscape.
Studio Instructor, Third Year, Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture, Fall 2009
Taking inspiration from vernacular architecture, students designed a Non-(Air) Conditioned
House, a Community Room for the inhabitants of the studied vernacular dwellings, and a
Camp and Health Center located in Midtown Atlanta.
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXAMPLES
Field Experiment: Envelope, The Goat Farm and Hambidge Center Competition, Finalist, Atlanta,
Georgia, 2015
Tuck Residence Renovation, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013
Outdoor Classroom, Atlanta, Georgia 2010-2013
H.U.T.S., Harborage for Upkeep and Tools Storage, YAF 10Up Competition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012
Trinity Avenue Farm, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011
Clayton County Residential Renovation, Lake City, Georgia, 2011
Atlanta History Center Competition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011
Center Crossing: The Gulch, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010 YAF 48hrs Competition
Grant Park Bungalow Deck, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010
Spruill Gallery Sculpture Garden, Dunwoody, Georgia, 2010
Dogtrot Update: Vertical, Home Design Competition, Lake Chatuge, Georgia, 2010
Tower of air and light, wind and sun, YAF 10Up Competition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010
Mayfair Condominium Renovation, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009-2010
Starter House, Home Design Competition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009
Street Presence for the Atlanta Central Library, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009 YAF 48hrs Competition
JEFFREY COLLINS, AIA
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Accomplished with Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects:
Lower Don Lands Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Personal responsibilities: Project manager for master planning and revitalization studies,
management of project team, consultant coordination, preparation for and attendance of
client meetings and reviews
Ernie Davis Residence Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 2007-2009
Personal responsibilities: Junior Project Architect, management of project team, project
drawn entirely in Revit, coordination of drawing set and specifications, lead exterior and
interior detailing, implementation of program and client needs, coordination with consultant’s
building systems, preparation and attendance of client and construction meetings and
reviews
Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2006-2007
Personal responsibilities: Lead exterior detailing, computer simulation of exterior assemblies
using WUFI software, orchestration of an exterior cladding mock-up, landscape architecture
coordination, preparation for and attendance of client and construction meetings and reviews
Town Center at Serenbe Community, Palmetto, Georgia, 2006
Personal
responsibilities:
Project
manager,
consultant
coordination,
drawing
and
specification organization, preparation for and attendance of client meetings and reviews
Zhongkai Sheshan Villas, Shanghai, China, 2006
Personal responsibilities: Lead exterior and interior detailing, material research and
selection, consultant coordination
Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 2002-2005
Personal responsibilities: Exterior detailing for the Campus Center and adjacent parking
garage, landscape architecture coordination, computer modeling, inventive dimensioning for
plan and three-dimensional building elements including the “Light Scoop”, “Reflector” and
sloping ceilings and roofs through use of coordinate system, interior design, review and
organization of Construction Administration documents, site visits and reporting
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE & PROFICIENCIES
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator; AutoCAD; AutoSketch; Autodesk 3ds Max, Revit, Dynamo; Ecotect;
eQuest; Form-Z; SketchUp; Solidworks; Rhino 3d; Grasshopper; WUFI
JEFFREY COLLINS, AIA
[email protected]
404-259-3334
EXHIBITIONS, PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
Field Experiment: Envelope, The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia, May-June 2015
“64 Wakefield: Tips on House Design Formalized,” Collins and Economou, 2014
-Presented at the 2014 Design Communication Association Conference
-Printed in conference proceedings, ISBN 978-1-4951-2763-2
The Earth_Exhibit, SP_Arc Gallery, April 2013
Learning from Los Insectos exhibit, Jack Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2012
SITE UNSEEN exhibit, Spruill Gallery, Dunwoody, Georgia, June-July 2011,
-Reviewed by C. Fox, Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Site Unseen" at Spruill Gallery, June 30, 2011
2010 AIA Georgia Conference PechaKucha, October 2010, Presenter
Lecture, Process and Presentation, Georgia Institute of Technology, October 2009
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Judge, Future City Competition Georgia Region, 2013 and 2014
Outdoor Classroom Design Committee Member, St. Anne’s Day School, 2010-2013
Docent, Trees Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum, 2012
Advisory Committee Member, St. Anne’s Day School, since 2010
Member, American Institute of Architects, since 2007
Registered Architect, State of Georgia, since 2007